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Study Guide: Students & Educators H EA TE R COMPANY A T L A N T I C T STUDY GUIDE: STUDENTS & EDUcatorS H EA TE R COMPANY Director of Education Written by Education Coordinator HEATHER BAIRD FRAN TARR Designed by Marketing Manager Contributions from CECILE ORESTE TYLER EASTER Education Associate ARIELLA SEGAL Education Intern Adaptation by A free adaptation of MOIRA BUFFINI The Suicide by NIKOLAI ERDMAN Directed by NEIL PEPE A T L A N T I C T TABLE OF CONTENTS H EA TE R COMPANY SECTION 1: THE PLAY Synopsis, Characters, Setting, Themes SECTION 2: CAST & CREATIVE Adaptation, Director & Cast Bios SECTION 3: YOUR STUDENTS AS AUDIENCE Theater Vocabulary, Theater Genres & Satire, Dying For It Vocabulary, The Russian Revolution, Webbing & Discussion Triggers, Relating Themes To Our Own Lives SECTION 4: YOUR STUDENTS AS ACTORS Theater Warm Up Game: Two Truths and a Lie, Reading A Scene For Understanding, Practical Aesthetics Sheets SECTION 5: YOUR STUDENTS AS ARTISTS Make Your Own Play, Performing Your Own Satirical Scene, Political Cartoon Activity, Common Core & DOE Theater Blueprint SECTION 6: THE ATLANTIC LEGACY Atlantic Theater Company, Atlantic Acting School #DYINGFORATC I 2 A T L A N T I C T SECTION 1: THE play H EA TE R COMPANY SYNOPSIS DYING FOR IT is the story of Semyon, a man down on his luck, married to a nag, and out of options. When he decides to throw in the towel and kill himself, a deluge of sympa- thetic visitors descends upon him, determined to make him a martyr for their many causes. Swept up in the firestorm of attention, Semyon does take matters into his own hands, but not quite in the fashion that everyone expects. An outrageous satire on the hypocrisy and illogic of Soviet life, this play was banned by Stalin before it ever saw the light of day, and is now regarded as an under-known 20th century classic com- edy. CHARACTERS Semyon Semyonovich Podsekalnikov - An unemployed man, age 27 Maria Lukianovna ‘Masha’- Semyon’s wife, a worker, age 25 Serafima Ilyinichna - Masha’s mother, a cleaner Alexander Petrovich Kalabushkin - Their neighbor, a fairground stall holder Margarita Ivanovna Peryesvetova - Alexander’s lover, owner of a coffee shop Yegor Timovevich - A postman Aristarkh Dominikovich Grand-Skubik - A member of the intelligentsia Kleopatra Maximovna ‘Kiki’- A romantic SETTING An urban slum. Russia in the late 1920’s. Father Yelpidy - A priest Viktor Viktorovich - A writer THEMES Manipulation, self-worth, finding one’s purpose, shared values, repression, hypocrisy, role reversal Stepan Vasilievich & Oleg Leonidovich - Undertakers Two Beggar Musicians #DYINGFORATC I 3 A T L A N T I C T SECTION 2: CAST & creatiVE H EA TE R COMPANY MOIRA BUFFINI (Adaptation) Plays include Handbagged for the Tricycle Theatre; West End transfer and Olivier Award Winner for Best Off West End play. Welcome To Thebes and Dinner (Olivier Award nomination Best Comedy) for the National Theatre, Dying For It (adapted from Nikolai Erdman’s The Suicide) and Marianne Dreams (adapted from Catherine Storr’s book) for the Almeida, A Vampire Story for NT Connections, Loveplay for the RSC, Silence for Birmingham Rep (Susan Smith Blackburn Prize), Gabriel for Soho Theatre (LWT Plays On Stage Award and the Meyer Whitworth Award) as well as Atlantic Theater Company Off Broadway, Blavatsky’s Tower for the Machine Room and Jordan with Anna Reynolds for The Gate (Writers Guild Award for best fringe play). Screenplays include Tamara Drewe directed by Stephen Frears, Jane Eyre directed by Cary Fukanaga and Byzantium, adapted from her play A Vampire Story, directed by Neil Jordan. Next up is Sutton Hoo, directed by Susanne Bier starring Cate Blanchett, filming Autumn 2014. Moira recently directed her first short film,Father . NEIL PEPE (Director) Neil Pepe recently staged the acclaimed world premiere production of John Guare’s 3 Kinds of Exile at Atlantic and the Broadway production of the new musical Hands on a Hardbody. Other Broadway credits include the acclaimed revival of Speed-the-Plow and David Mamet’s A Life in the Theatre. Off-Broadway: Jez Butterworth’s Parlour Song, Mojo and The Night Heron; Ethan Coen’s Happy Hour, Offices and Almost an Evening; Harold Pinter’s Celebration and The Room; Adam Rapp’s Dreams of Flying, Dreams of Falling; Joe Penhall’s Blue/Orange; Hilary Bell’s Wolf Lullaby; David Pittu’s What’s That Smell?; Howard Korder’s Sea of Tranquility (all at Atlantic); David Mamet’s American Buffalo (Donmar Warehouse, Atlan- tic); Romance, Keep Your Pantheon/School (Center Theatre Group, Atlantic); Zinnie Harris’ Further than the Furthest Thing (Manhattan Theater Club); Jessica Goldberg’s Refuge (Playwrights Horizons); Tom Donaghy’s The Beginning of August (South Coast Repertory, Atlantic). Frank Gilroy’s The Subject Was Roses with Martin Sheen (CTG). Also, Eric Bogosian’s Red Angel (Williamstown Theater Festival). Since 1992, Neil has been the Artistic Director of the award-winning Off-Broadway company, Atlantic Theater Company. MIA BARRON (Margarita) Recent theater includes Bruce Norris’s Domesticated (Lincoln Center), Sam Hunter’s A Great Wilderness (Williamstown Theatre Festival) and Nicholas Martin’s production of The Show Off (Westport Playhouse). Broadway: The Coast of Utopia, QED. Off Broadway: What Once We Felt (Lincoln Center), Spirit Control (Manhattan Theatre Club), Knickerbocker (Public The- ater), The World Over, She Stoops to Comedy, The Pain and the Itch (Playwrights Horizons), Hillary (New Georges), 1001 (PG 73), Grille Room (Cherry Lane), Penetration Play (13P), Co-Creator/Performer Big Times (Leigh Silverman, director). Education: BFA New York Uni- versity, MFA New York University Graduate acting Program. BEN BECKLEY (Yegor) Theater: Peter and the Starcatcher (First National Tour); Goldor $ Mythyka (New Georges); The Cocktail Party (The Actors Company); The Illusion (Berkshire Theatre Group); Not A Creature Was Stirring, Los Angeles, Cato (Flea); Salamander Leviathan (Public Theater/Joe’s Pub); The Sister (The Brick); Ghost Box, Welcome to Nowhere (Temporary Distortion); That Poor Dream, HOME/SICK, The Three Sisters, Clementine and the Cyber Ducks (The Assembly – company member); Zinnias (Peak Performances, workshop), dir. Robert Wilson. Film: The Onion, Crooked and Narrow, The Jew of Malta, The Revolution. www.benbeckley.com #DYINGFORATC I 4 A T L A N T I C T SECTION 2: CAST & creatiVE H EA TE R COMPANY NATHAN DAME (Oleg) Music Director: A Little Night Music (Berkshire Theatre Group); Pump Boys and Dinettes (Geva Theatre); The Lightning Thief (Theatreworks USA); Fly Guy and Other Stories (The- atreworks USA); Adam Lives (Goodspeed NMF); Upcoming: Pretty Filthy with the Civilians. Music Supervisor: Mr. Burns by Anne Washburn, music by Michael Friedman (Playwrights Horizons). Assoc. Music Director: What’s It All About? (New York Theatre Workshop); Fly By Night (Dallas Theater Center); Triassic Parq: The Musical (Amas Musical Theatre); Himself and Nora (NYMF, Tritone Productions); Nightmare Alley (NYMF, Tritone Productions). Music Assistant: First National Tour of The Addams Family. PATCH DARAGH (Victor) Patch Daragh returns to Atlantic after starring in Rolin Jones world premiere production of The Jammer. He recently appeared Off Broadway in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Obie Award winning play Appropriate and Sarah Treem’s When We Were Young and Unafraid. Broadway: Our Town. Off Broadway: Kin (Playwrights Horizons), The Glass Menagerie (Roundabout, Lor- tel Nomination Outstanding Lead Actor), Crimes of the Heart (Roundabout), All That I Will Ever Be (NYTW), The Ruby Sunrise (The Public), Where We’re Born (Rattlestick), The Grille Room, Spin, The Secret Agenda of Trees (Cherry Lane). Film: Let’s Be Cops, Loitering With Intent, Coach, Little Horses, Hope Springs, Upcoming: M. Night Shyamalan’s Sundowning. CLEA LEWIS (Kleopatra) Clea Lewis returns to Atlantic where she first appeared in the world premiere of Woody Al- len’s Writer’s Block. She made her Broadway debut in Absurd Person Singular. Off Broadway credits include Last Easter, An Experiment with an Air Pump, Fuddy Meers and Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight. Other theatre includes: E.S.T. One-Act Festival. Regional: Once in a Lifetime (Williamstown); All in the Timing (Geffen Playhouse); Pterodactyls (South Coast Rep). She memorably starred as Audrey in the long running ABC sitcom “Ellen.” Ms. Lewis was the voice of Nicky on the ABC animated series “Pepper Ann.” PETER MALONEY (Father Yelpidy) Peter Maloney has appeared in 21 plays at the Atlantic Theater Company, where he is a mem- ber, including 3 Kinds of Exile, The New York Idea, Bottom of the World, Trumpery and The Voysey Inheritance. At the Irish Repertory Theater he played in Ernest in Love and It’s A Won- derful Life and recently appeared there in Conor McPherson’s Port Authority. His performance as “Shelley Levene” in David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross at the La Jolla Playhouse was crit- ically acclaimed, and he received a Drama Desk nomination and the Richard Seff Award for his characterization of Tony Reilly in John Patrick Shanley’s Outside Mullingar on Broadway. Member: The Actors Studio, Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Irish Repertory Theatre. ANDREW MAYER (Stepan/Beggar) Recent theater: The 12 – A New Rock Musical (Signature Theater, & UPCOMING: Denver Center Theater), Fiddler on the Roof (Barrington Stage, & Westchester Broadway Theatre), Los Valientes (Core Ensemble), Fallujah (TPAC-NYC & Kennedy Center), In the Jungle of Cities (Huntington Theater – Studio 210), Marina (NYMF). Recent film: “Swing Blues” (Cul- pepper & Williams Prod), “III.1 – Romeo’s Turn” (Lost Light Prod). As a musician, Andrew is a singer and electric violinist in of one of the top wedding bands in NYC, the Michael Hart Band. He is also a trained stage combat professional. Training: Boston University School of Theatre (BFA – Acting), Manhattan School of Music, LAMDA. #DYINGFORATC I 5 A T L A N T I C T SECTION 2: CAST & creatiVE H EA TE R COMPANY MARY BETH PEIL (Serafima) Mary Beth Peil is an Atlantic Theater Company member and returns to Atlantic following her appearances in The Threepenny Opera, Harper Regan, The Room, Frame 312 and Missing Persons, for which she received an Obie Award.
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